The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-21
In Brief.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT, Ath1enc clup GROUNDS,
afternoon.
In Brief.
John Short the boy arrested on Tuesday.
charged with embezzling small sum OF money
from fruit peddler for whom he worked. was
discharged by the Mayor yesterday morning.
Since May 1 3469 dogs have been licensed,
and it is estimated that there are more than l.
900 in the city still unlicensed. The police are
filing against the owners as fast as they can De
located
All the incoming passenger trains on the l. @
St. L. railroad were delayed from three to SIX
hours yesterday afternoon and last night oy
freight wreck on the road beyond Greencastle.
No one was hurt in the mishap.
The frame house. Nos 2l5 and PIT Indiana
avenue. belonging to A. Clifford, caught nre
from defective fiue last evening and was dam
aged to the amount of $50. The building was
occupied by three colored families
The following persons were licensed to marry
yesterday: James H. Clark and Kitty GLASS,
Arthur James and Jessie Rattray. William nj.
Tweedy and Mary J. Mccormick, Edward NJ
Carroll and Nellie J. Kuhns, Thomas McQuade
and Mary Shea
Building permits were issued yesterday to
the Social Turnveren society, for one story
brick and stone gymnasium building, on Pearl
street, between Delaware and Alabama streets,
to cost So co., and to l.. Miller. for a frame
dwelling on Coburn street, near Shelby, to cost
81, 200
Fred Schroeder and Bernard Archibald, two
saloon keepers upon Seventh street. near the
rants charging them with violating the liquor
laws. The former is charged with selling on
Sunday, and the latter with selling without
license.
Henry HIGHLAND, living at No. 40 Arch street,
attempted to whip his wife last evening and was
arrested on four charges When the officers
attempted to arrest him he said they could not
come in his house. and fought He was charged
with wife beating, resisting officers, disturbing
the peace. and profanity
The police yesterday captured large gang of
tramps northeast of the city They bad
looking lot and nearly all say they came here
from the East few days ago. 1t is supposed
that some of them are the persons who have
been making many attempts at burglary IL
the northeastern part of the city during the
last week.
AN ESCAPED PRISONER ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY.
John McCus, the workhouse prisoner who es
capped from the grand jury room last week, has
been heard from. On Monday ne. with three
other men, was arrested at Louisville for high
way robbery. and is now in jail in that city
awaiting trial The trio robbed old farmer
leaving the city of q considerable sum of money.
A CRAZY wANDERER WITH MONEY.
A crazy man, who gave his name Walter j.
Durkin picked up at the corner of Agnes
and Michigan streets by the police last night
He says ne has been working at Danville, ILL.,
He has an hallucination that someone is trying
to rob him of his wife and property. He had
considerable money on his person.
SIXTY DEATHS IN THREE DAYS.
The death list in the city health Office is larger
for the first three days of this week than for the
same length of time for fifteen years. In the
three days sixty fatalities have been reported.
OF the mum Der six were from heat prostration
and twelve from cholera infantum. Diphtheria
has also appeared again, and two deaths from it
are among the number reported.
SENT TO THE REFORM SCHOOL.
Two incorrigible boys were remanded TO the
House of Refuge by Judge Irwin yesterday.
One Willie A Neand, OF Amelia Nei-
land living at No 40 South Liberty street. and
the other Charles Harms. son of Henry J. Harms
of East Washington street The boys were
aged thirteen and nine years, respectively. Their
parents said they could control them, and
the boys acknowledged that they had slept
away from home nine nights since the Fourth of
July. Judge Jordan will take the boys to Plain
field to-day.
ARRESTED FOR RoBBING STORE.
Detectives Haley and Thornton yesterday
rested John Robbins. one of the three from
this city who supposed to have had hand in
the robbery of Mort Whiteside's store at Frank
lin last week He is the same young man the
officers chased from the Union Depot Monday
morning Yesterday he came to the depot
again, ostensibly for the purpose of taking
train out of the CITY, and found the detectives
waiting for him. He was taken to Franklin last
evening by Sheriff Stuart, of johnson county.
MAYOR DENNY AGAIN FRUSTRATED.
Mayor Denny was slightly overcome by the
heat again yesterday morning, and had to leave
bis Office. Squire Feibleman took charge of the
City Court business and cleared the docket Mr..
Denny has not felt like himself since his pros
tration last Saturday, and will not attempt to
preside over his court again until he has had some
rest With his family he will leave for Wiscon-
sin to-day tomorrow for a two weeks stay.
Justices Smock and Febeman will alternately
fill his position during his absence.
INJURED IN FALLING FROM A TRAIN.
Tuesday evening several young men from
Haughville came to this city, and attempted to
steal a ride home an l., B. & ". passenger
train. They refused to get off. and one Of them,
ONeal, whose parents live at Mount Jackson,
was forcibly elected by the conductor. In fall
ing from the train he struck his head upon q
rock and was very seriously hurt. The matter
was reported to Sheriff King yesterday, and is
being Investigated The railroad officials claim
that they have been greatly annoyed by young
men refusing to pay their fare lately. The
friends of ONeal claim that he rendered the
conductor 10 cents and that it was refused
CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTIFIcATIoN.
It has been ascertained by the police that they
were mistaken in their Identification of the two
mon who. after the discharge Of tho persons ar
rested after the killing of Mrs. Howell, near
Columbus. came to this city and spent two
hours or more talking with Rosa Schutt, the
companion of the dead woman. They were led
to suppose that the men were James
Thompson and Frank Cutsinger, whom other
members of the party said were the persons seen
with Mrs Howell last. 1t has been learned that
Mr.. Thompson, at the time it reported he
was in this city, at his homo in Edinburg.
The men who called on the Schultz woman were
two of tho older members of the party. Their
conduct was regarded suspicious, and they
were closely watched. None of the party have
yet been held for trial on the charge of killing
the Howell woman.
A FEMALE PRISONER SWALLOWS BROKEN GLASS.
Lille Cleveland, friendless colored girl, was
tried in the Criminal Court yesterday for steal
ing a savings bank from colored family on
East Pearl street. Her home is in Lexington.
KY. year ago she married young colored
man who took her to Chicago Three m onths
ago he deserted her and she was maxim e her